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Gavin Thomas @gtalstonwader.bsky.social · 3d

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Alan Tilmouth @alantilmouth.bsky.social · 3d

“To be a birder is to fall in love. Obsessively, irrevocably and, perhaps, foolishly. This love, it creeps up on you.”

Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 3d

Here’s to the birdwatchers! Optimistic, slightly eccentric custodians of wonder and joy and passion and love

At its heart, birdwatching is an act of quiet rebellion, says Natalie Kyriacou. It is the gentle act of noticing – the willingness to see the world around you

www.theguardian.com

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Gavin Thomas @gtalstonwader.bsky.social · 5d

This bird is owning us! Ace to see you today pal, despite the conspiracy 😂.

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Lynda Donaldson @lyndadonaldson.bsky.social · 5d

Very exciting job opportunity @rspbscience.bsky.social!
Help us track wader chicks & their prey to evaluate & improve interventions to address high levels of wader chick predation.

7 month contract, based @rspbengland.bsky.social Nene Washes.

🛎️Deadline 2nd Nov
#waders #shorebirds #ornithology

PiedFly.Net @piedflynet.bsky.social · 6d

JOB ALERT: We have an exciting Senior Research Assistant post available for a project tracking predators and prey simultaneously starting early 2026. We need someone with experience tagging adult raptors or wader chicks. This you? app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...

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Ariel Brunner @arielbrunner.bsky.social · 5d

Tens of millions of essentially factory farmed poultry are dumped into the countryside each year. They boost the population of mesopredators like foxes, reducing ground nesting bird populations. They are an obvious avian flue hazard. They eat declining reptiles. Turn out they're also a health hazard

British Birds @britishbirds.bsky.social · 17d

Ticks are more likely to carry the bacteria that cause Lyme disease in areas where Common Pheasants Phasianus colchicus are released, according to new research.

Read more: britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti...
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 7d

Plans to weaken protections for national parks will have ‘disastrous consequences’, say environmentalists

Pleased to have signed @campaign4parks.bsky.social's letter urging Ministers to drop plans to remove the Protected Landscapes Duty on public bodies 1/

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Plans to weaken protections for national parks will have ‘disastrous consequences’ say green groups

Exclusive: Letter from 170-plus organisations calls on government to drop proposed changes to planning law

www.theguardian.com

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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 9d

Free stickers suitable for flag-bearing lampposts. Send a large A4 envelope with a 1st class large stamp to me at Bragg Office, PO Box 6830 Bridport DT6 9BH and I’ll send you a sheet. #ReclaimtheFlag 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧

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Gavin Thomas @gtalstonwader.bsky.social · 9d

It's not often #Liverpool Bay is the envy of UK birders, but when everything aligns & #LeachsPetrels are dancing along the beach just feet away, it's a special place to be. Here's @dan-gornall.bsky.social's day being made on Wallasey beach. #StormAmy. #seabirds #superseabirdsunday

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Gavin Thomas @gtalstonwader.bsky.social · 9d

#StormAmy delivered today with a decent tally of wind-blown #seabirds on the Mersey. 35+ #LeachsPetrel the undoubted highlight. Here's two having a little feed together whilst battling out of the river mouth just beyond the #NewBrighton breakwaters. #seabirds #superseabirdsunday

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Gavin Thomas @gtalstonwader.bsky.social · 9d

Excellent stuff Paul.

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Gavin Thomas @gtalstonwader.bsky.social · 20d

😂 Makes me smile every time I see that scribble.

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Gavin Thomas @gtalstonwader.bsky.social · 23d

Record breaking day at #Seaforth with 83 species seen, my highest day total there ever. Highlights were a male Hen Harrier heading stratospherically high SW, the Grey Phalarope showing much better, 5 juv Curlew Sands, juv Little Stint, Spotted Redshank, 2 Ruff & a juv Black Tern. #Lancsbirding

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Gavin Thomas @gtalstonwader.bsky.social · 25d

And here's @petekinsella.bsky.social and Phal.

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Gavin Thomas @gtalstonwader.bsky.social · 28d

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Gavin Thomas @gtalstonwader.bsky.social · 28d

Our species is a disgrace and doesn't deserve this beautiful, irreplaceable planet.

Little Green Space @lgspace.bsky.social · 28d

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the largest accumulation of marine debris in the world – a soup of plastic and microplastics covering a shocking area of around 1.6 million square km. Avoid adding to the pile-up by reducing single-use plastics.
More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/ref...

Discarded plastic bottle at the edge of the sea. Credit Brian Yurasits on Unsplash

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Gavin Thomas @gtalstonwader.bsky.social · 28d

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Gavin Thomas @gtalstonwader.bsky.social · 28d

💚 #Waders #Shorebirds

Pete Kinsella @petekinsella.bsky.social · 28d

The 1stw Grey Phalarope at Crosby Marine Park, Merseyside was typically confiding today, here's @gtalstonwader.bsky.social getting checked out by the waif @birdguides.bsky.social #ukbirding #autumnbirding #waders

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American Birding Association @aba.org · Sep 12

Remember, birding is there for you.

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Gary Woodburn @gary-woodburn.bsky.social · Sep 12

Pleased to see this getting discussed. There is a total lack of support in the UK for people with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome suffering Craniocervical Instability.

We've been on this awful journey & fundraised for major neurosurgery in Spain, it saved Liv's life when NHS wouldn't help.

#EDS #CCI

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Gavin Thomas @gtalstonwader.bsky.social · Sep 11

Dreamy stuff.

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Maija Karala @maijakarala.bsky.social · Sep 1

#SciArtSeptember 1: Islet

Somewhere in the waves of Barents Sea, a rocky islet acts as a perch for seabirds. Puffins, guillemots, razorbills and skuas are still here, though threatened by heating oceans and spreading disease. With them sits a lonely ghost of a great auk that once roamed these seas.

A simple landscape illustration with a grey-green ocean, a dark grey rocky islet partly covered by orange lichen and a light grey overcast sky. On and around the islet are seabirds of several species, most pictured realistically in colour. The largest bird is a now-extinct great auk, depicted as a semi-translucent white ghost figure.

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · Sep 2

We need your help again.

Coul Links is an extraordinary coastal dune habitat, home to rare and remarkable wildlife.

But it is now threatened for a second time by plans for an 18-hole golf course that would cause irreparable damage.

Your voice could help save it. 👇

RSPB Scotland @rspbscotland.bsky.social · Sep 2

📢Help save Coul Links!

Once again, this beautiful place is threatened by plans for a golf course which would do irreparable damage to rare habitats and wildlife. 🌱🦆🐦🦋🪰

Join us in sending a message to Scottish Ministers to stand up for nature. Add your voice: action.rspb.org.uk/page/166270/...

Aerial photo of Coul Links showing the sea, dunes, grass and pools behind the dunes in orange sunlight

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Gavin Thomas @gtalstonwader.bsky.social · Sep 2

A very entertaining watch!

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Gavin Thomas @gtalstonwader.bsky.social · Sep 1

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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · Sep 1

Remembering Mark Smart, on his birthday.
Mark was the architect of so much breeding wader habitat in the UK, replacing some of the previous losses.
Gone too soon (1967-2024),
Blog about his work:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/06/14/m...

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Gavin Thomas @gtalstonwader.bsky.social · Aug 31

🚨 The EU is trying to quietly weaken nature laws during summer break. We have 10 days to stop this.
Don't let them destroy our forests, rivers & wildlife in silence. #HandsOffNature handsoffnature.eu/take-action/...

Take Action - Hands Off Nature

handsoffnature.eu

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